Chapter 15: A New Threat

So much had been going on. Kate had no idea of Daisy's death, nor did she know of someone else lurking as her shadow. Kate had little idea of what the outside world was like. For months now, she had been captivated into a world of blackness. No light came through her prison. Bowser came to visit her every so often, yet he left the cute stuff behind him. He was now a threat to Kate. She didn't dare reject or comment any more when he spoke. After the one night he vowed to kill her and all of her loved ones. He didn't do the cute act anymore. Kammy was still his worthless companion and of coarse for days, years Mario and Luigi were not spotted any where on campus. Peach still haunted the forests and prison cells while Daisy spent years in the pits of hell wondering how everything fell. At this point, almost every Toad had been exterminated. The others cowardly hid underground in fear of being reunited with the desiste. Kate pondered in her cell starring at the cold stone wall. 'At one time this whole place sounded as if it were perfect...'

Flashback...

"Okay everyone get ready, Mario's coming!" Peach squeeled in an excited voice. All the toads were rushing to complete dinner. As the door slowly opened every one popped out and screamed "Suprise!" Practically giving poor Mario a heart attack. Peach wrapped her arms around his neck and smiled starring right into his eyes. "I told you it was emergancy." She giggled. They both hugged then proceeded to dinner. After the meal Daisy stould outside the chambers waiting for her sister. As Peach walked out her door Daisy caught her off guard. "Hey sis, do you wanna do something later?" She begged waiting for the 'yes' responce. "Yeah sure, we can go downtown." Life was great back then. All of a sudden the day turned to black and above Peach she saw Mario, covered in blood, not his blood...her blood holding onto the only thing that Peach used to keep Mario and Luigi in Toadtown. The sacred star. "Mario what are you doing? Why are you doing this? MARIO!" Bowsers face came into view. Peach fealt light headed as Bowser squeezed her neck.

End of flashback...

Sarah sat in the hallway of her school. "Screw this, I've got better things to do then listen to a man who get's paid for making our lives more misarable. She walked outside to read the postings. "Two brothers in this grade gettin kidnapped, now that's a first." She thought to herself. Sarah was always the outcast. She didn't care what any one thought of her. She just wanted to get the most attention. She reached into her pocket and lit a smoke. She had never done it before, but one of the students at the school sold her one. "Just one isn't going to kill me." She forgot that she was standing right outside of her classroom with the window wide open. All her classmates were starring right at her. "What the hell do you think you're doing missy!" Mr.Geir practically shouted. He ran out of class to chase he down. Sarah ran as soon as she seen he was chasing her. She tripped into mid air but a glow of purple light caught her and she dissappeared right infront of her teacher. His jaw dropped as he had report yet another missing child.

Sarah woke up in a strange land. Several koopas spotted her and ran to question the girl. She just simply walked away. They tried to drag her down but she was to powerful and didn't even bother running which insulted the koopas a bit. A strange koopa on a broom with a blue cloak stopped right infront of her. "If I were you mistress, I would stop and think of who you're up against." He baffled. She looked at him in a skeptic manor and let out an ignorant "Who the Hell are you, and I think I do know what I'm up against because I've faced creatures that would eat you alive in a matter of seconds." She lied to get out of the spotlight. "First off, the name is Kamek, and second of all, I can sence your fear." he whispered in a low creepy voice. Now come with me and I will not kill you." He demonically smirked until he realized she was walking far ahead of him on the opposite side of the feild. He raced to her and yelled "Do you want me to kill you?" Sarah simply smirked and replied, "I have no doubts that your intentions are killing others, but right now, I know it's an empty threat." Kamek simply starred in confussion. he was threatning to kill her and she was taking it. Peach was always terrified. "You're not like the others, and I don't like it! I'm reporting you to the king." Kamek yelled. Sarah just laughed and simply spat "Go ahead, tattle. See if I care." Then she walked away.

Mario and Luigi were consistantly trying to get into the castle, but they always failed. Mario then had a brilliant idea. "Luigi, what if we pretend to join Bowser, create an alliance to get info off of him, then when he least expects it, we'll take Kate back and we can all get back to our homes." "Well uh, that is a good idea, but...what is Kate really thinks that we joined them, I mean, she wouldn't know to trust us or not. What if we somehow gave up infront of him and begged for life. We would be his prisoner but we would back stab him in the end." Luigi added. Mario thought. "No that wouldn't work because he would put us all in different cells, it would be to much to find eachother in a castle so heavily guarded." The Mario bros were left no choice but to keep pondering a way to save kate. "This is going to be much harder than I thought. We have to move quicker, or else. When we save Kate, we need to rush because that monster will chase us for as long as it takes to get her back."Mario stated. "Why is it so important that we get back right away?" Luigi asked. "Because the portal of our world has been exposed to this world, if that monster and his minions find the portal out world could be doomed."

Meanwhile...

Kate thought back a few years ago of what Bowser had did to her. That one thing he whispered to her was to much. It haunted her for years. "I suppose he used the same technique on Peach." She whispered to herself. Kate began to realise that through the years, Bowser was simply testing how far she would go. He pushed her to the limit, but when he realised that he couldn't snap her like a pencil as he did to Peach, he gave up on her. He realised why he killed Peach. It wasn't on stress of Mario. It was on stress of rejection. Being rejected for years, being laughed at. She knew that sooner or later he would kill her. That part didn't suprise her anymore. The only way she was going to keep her life was by making it up to him, or by escaping once more...yet escaping once again would probably cost her, her life anyways. She was left to sit there and ponder on what she was going to do. She began to cry in confusion. She remembered when she was younger always watching the news of young girls being kidnapped and killed the next day. She never thought she would become apart of the circle. Bowser slowly entered her chambers when he seen her lying on the floor. She attempted a suicide but he could still feel her heart beat. "You're not getting away that easily." He said as he rushed her to the medical center.

Just a few minutes later a megi-koopa came racing into the castle. "My lord! There is a strange female lurking the parks, she wears strange clothing like the others. She wears a yellow shirt and blue pants." Bowser starred at Kamek in anger. "Did you try the death threat technique?" He asked. "Yes but she said she didn't care, she thought it was an empty threat!" Bowser grinned. "An empty threat huh?" He just got a whole new idea. "I'll take care of it, you keep an eye out for the wench. The minute she tries to flee, tie her down where ever, just make sure you can see her at all times.

Sarah was happilly walking wherever she wanted. She noticed a grey castle just up ahead. "Alright, finally some action around here." Just then she seen something strange like a demented hot air balloon come out of it. Then she noticed it was coming for her. "Well, thank you so much, you saved me half the chase." A strange creature said in amusement.

Well hope you liked that chappy. Till the next time. R&R please.